Make the error message a const char* const

This prevents linker errors if the source files are used directly.

connectors/cdc-connector/cdc_connector.cpp

@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ template <> void Closer<int>::close(int fd)
 namespace CDC
 {
 
+const char* const TIMEOUT  = "Request timed out";
+
 /**
  * Public functions
  */

connectors/cdc-connector/cdc_connector.h

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace CDC
 
 // The error strings returned by the getError library. These can be used to
 // check for the most common errors (which right now is only the timeout).
-static const char* TIMEOUT = "Request timed out";
+extern const char* const TIMEOUT;
 
 // The typedef for the Row type
 class Row;